Refrigerator attachment



PATENTED JAN. 19 1904.

0. "W MoCLURE.

Y REFRIGERATOR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1903.

I0 MODEL,

C'Zarie mCZuvna UNITED STATES Patented January 19, 1904.

CHARLES W. MCCLURE, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

REFRIGERATOR ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,057, dated January19, 1904.

Application filed August 26, 1903.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. MoCLURE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in refrigeratorattachments; and its object is to provide a combined ice-grate andwater-coolerwhich can be readily placed within a refrigerator and whichis of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is soconstructed as to permit the water contained therein to be readilycooled without commingling with the icewater. I a

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is asection through a refrigerator having my improved attachment in positiontherein. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the support used in connectionwith the attachment. Fig. 3 is a similar view .of the receptacle forice-water with its cover removed. Fig. 4 is a top perspective View ofthe cover of the receptacle. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a plug adaptedto be used in lieu of a faucet, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of one ofthe brackets employed for holding the support disclosed in Fig. 2. I

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 1 are brackets,which are adapted to be secured in any suitable manner to the innerwalls of a refrigerator and which serve to support the ends ofcross-strips 2, the ends of which overlap, as shown. These cross-stripsare secured together by welding in or any other suitable manner, and thespace formed therebetween is of sufiicient size to permit the insertiontherebetween of a receptacle 3, formed of sheet metal or other suitablematerial. A bead 4 is formed along the upper edges of the walls of thisreceptacle and extends outward therefrom, and these beads are adapted tobear Serial No. 170,857- (No model.)

upon the strips 2 of the receptacle that has been inserted therebetween.The bottom of the receptacle is inclined from the rear end and sides tothe center of the front, at which point an outlet-tube 5 is provided.This tube is adapted to receive a faucet, or if a faucet is not desireda screw-plug 7 may be inserted thereinto in lieu thereof. The cover 8 ofthe receptacle is also preferably formed of sheet metal and has acentrally-depressed portion 9, the area of which is equal to theinternal area of the receptacle 3 and is shaped to form a multiplicityof diverging corrugations 10, which open into an outlet-groove 11,formed at one side of the cover. A tube 12 opens through the cover atone end and permits the free circulation of air to and from thereceptacle when closed and also affords means for the admission of waterto the receptacle.

In using the device the supporting-strips 2 are placed with their endsin the brackets 1, and the receptacle 3 is then inserted between thestrips. The cover 8 is subsequently placed in position upon thereceptacle, and the depressed portion 9 thereof will fit snugly withinthe receptacle, practically sealing the same. Water can then be placedin the receptacle by pouring it through thetube 12. Ice is adapted to beplaced on the recessed portion 9 of the cover, and as fast as it meltsthe water will be conducted along the inclined converging corrugations10 to the outlet-groove 11, from which it can pass into an outlet-tube13, arranged within the refrigerator. It will be seen that the ice uponthe cover 8 will soon cool the water contained in the receptaclethereunder. and said cover will at the-same time prevent the comminglingof the icewater with the contents of the receptacle. The water can bereadily drawn from the receptacle through the faucet, or, if desired,the plug 7 may be employed in lieu of the faucet. It will also beunderstood that any other suitable supporting means may be employedinstead of the brackets 1 described and shown.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made'therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof,and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what .is claimed as new is Thecombination with a refrigerator having an outlet-tube therein; ofbrackets Within the refrigerator, cross-strips supported at their endswithin the brackets, a receptacle between the cross-strips and having anoutlet, beads integral with the walls of the receptacle and adapted tobear upon the cross-strips and support the receptacle, and a combinedcover and ice-grate upon the receptacle having converg-

